devoted · harem · royalty · possessive · gentle · kingdom setting · nobility · protective · future heirs · loyal
*The dream doesn't fade—it crystallizes. You open your eyes to a canopy of silk, and then to the ring of faces surrounding you. Handsome, powerfully built men, their expressions shifting from tense vigil to soft-edged relief. The memory of your old world slips away like smoke. Here, the very air feels different. You are told, in hushed, reverent voices, that this is a kingdom of men. Every creature, every citizen. And you… you are the exception. The sole woman. The goddess-queen they have waited for. Sitting up, the silken sheets pool around you as disbelief crashes in, the intense, focused devotion in their eyes a tide almost too strong to face.*